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MAY 15, 2009

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Language Day 2009

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Presidio of Monterey, California • www.DLIFLC.edu
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Global Cuisine
Another great way to experience a
foreign culture is to stop and eat at
the dining area! Many of the delicacies
have been prepared by the language
instructors themselves!
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Cultural diversity thrives
at DLIFLC
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Stage Entertainment Schedule
Don’t miss your favorite act from last
year or choose a new favorite this year!
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What’s going on?
Cultural Displays
Classroom displays, programs for
Learn about new countries and their
language educators, oral proficiency
cultures by visiting cultural displays in
interviews, they’re all listed right here.
Buildings 611, 619, and 621.
Front Cover
Back Cover
Have you ever wondered what it would
be like to be a student at DLIFLC? Don’t get lost and don’t
Talk to some of our students to find out wander off post!
the details. Use our DLIFLC site map as a guide.

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EDITORIAL STAFF
Commandant/Commander
Col. Sue Ann Sandusky
Installation Sergeant Major
Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Clark
Editor-in-Chief
Lt. Col. Steven Sabia
Senior Editor
Clare Bugary
Editor
Natela A. Cutter
Staff Writers
Bryan Boehmke,
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matt Riggs
Design & Production
Bert Ihlenfeld Graphics
Photo Credits
Natela Cutter, Patricia Ryan,
Enjoy international cuisine from Japan, India, Thailand,
For editorial comments or suggestions
please write to Globe@conus.army.mil, the Middle East, and more. Chose from more than 20 food vendors
or natela.cutter@us.army.mil and souvenir stalls, located near the central Events Area.

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Publication Date: May 2009
Welcome to Language Day
By Col. Sue Ann Sandusky

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n behalf of all the students, faculty, and staff of the Defense
Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC),
I am delighted to welcome you all to Language Day 2009,
our annual open house!
Language Day is our opportunity to share with you the secret we
have all discovered: knowing a foreign language opens windows to
the world. Language Day is filled with cultural displays and colorful
stage shows designed to give you a glimpse of that world and of
countries where some of the 24 languages we teach are spoken. It will
give you the chance to hear languages you may have never known Col. Sue Ann Sandusky
about before and to participate in teaching demonstrations that bring DLIFLC & POM Commander
new techniques and technology into the language learning process.
Organized and presented by our students, who come from every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces –
Army, Marines, Navy, and Air Force – and our teachers, who come from every corner of the earth,
Language Day promises to be an exciting chance to enjoy sights, sounds – and tastes – from around the
globe and to discover some of the terrific things going on here at DLIFLC. You will also see why we are
passionate about sharing our secret!
One of the most demanding schools in the United States Armed Forces, DLIFLC is also the premier
language learning institutions in the world. The courses of instruction are intense. Students are in class
five days a week, six hours a day, learning one of the 24 languages currently taught here at the Presidio.
Our basic courses vary from six months in length (for French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian) to 18
months (for Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese). At the end of that time, our graduates get to a
higher level of language proficiency than most college language majors attain in four years. In addition,
our students earn 45 semester hours of college credit and can obtain an Associate of Arts degree in their
foreign language upon completion of all requirements. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools
and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and authorized as a federal
degree-granting institution by the U.S. Congress, DLIFLC has awarded more than 4,000 AA degrees
since 2002.
I know you will enjoy Language Day 2009 and I urge you to talk with our students and faculty. They
are eager to meet you and share with you their experiences, insights – and their passion for learning
languages. This is one secret we want to pass on!

Sue Ann Sandusky

Colonel, U.S. Army
Commandant

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 Cultural diversity thrives at DLIFLC
By Bryon Boehmke
Strategic Communications
With more than 1,700 faculty and staff, 98 percent of
whom are native speakers of the languages they teach,
cultural diversity is one of the most valuable treasures. At
the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center,
learning culture is just as important as learning language.
“You can’t separate culture from language,” expressed
Marni Geist, assistant professor of French at the European
and Latin American School.
At the Presidio of Monterey, language learning is
taught much differently than you may see at a typical high
school or college campus learning environment.
“Student-centered learning, where students listen,
speak, read, and then write, is a huge difference from
American high schools and colleges. Language instruction
takes place almost entirely in the target language, every-
thing is taught using authentic materials. Everything is
related to a meaningful task, employing real-life situa-
tions. It is the global method of teaching – learn by doing,”
explained Gist.
“Training is conducted in cutting-edge technology
classrooms, which is energizing for both instructors and
students,” added French Assistant Professor Dominique
Fontana.
“Proficiency is using the language in real life situations.
As students switch from achievement to proficiency,
instructors notice that the students are required to do some
critical thinking,” Geist stated.
“There’s only so far a foreign language teacher can go
before that language comes alive,” explains Maria Cubau,
a native of Argentina and Spanish assistant professor.
To produce proficient linguists, to the level required
by DoD, teaching culture is fundamental. “Without it,
Arabic instructor Ahmad Caracalla teaches his students
traditional Arabic dances to perform on Language Day.
Don’t miss this fantastic show at 10:45 a.m.
Nikolina Kulidzan and Sahie Kang participate in a pot
luck cooking event at DLIFLC’s Munakata Hall.
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language teaching is dead,” said Cubau, adding that
knowledge of a second language is essential in today’s
environment, especially Spanish and Chinese.
“Many of our students are too young to have experi-
enced a foreign country,” Cubau said. “The experience of
learning both language and culture empowers students.”
DLIFLC’s method of instruction involves using authentic
materials in the classroom to teach language in order to
bring the country’s culture to life. Teachers have immediate
access to the Internet via the use of interactive whiteboards,
called SmartBoards.TM The SmartBoards, not only allow
access to Internet news, video clips, and movies, but can
also run DLIFLC text books, embedded audio clips, and
save teacher notes to the computer, which can then be
given to students for download.
“One of the keys to our success here is that we use all
authentic materials, written by Spanish instructors and
focus on the culture and history of an individual country,”
explained Natalia Fitch, assistant professor of Spanish.
“You can be fluent in a language, but if you don’t know
the culture, you’re not accepted,” said Geist. “French is the
first language of some 42 countries around the world. It is
the language of diplomacy including the Olympics. In
France, students begin learning a foreign language in the
6th grade. The second language is generally English.”
Mi-Hyang Yang, assistant immersion coordinator of
Asian School III, uses similar teaching methodologies to
bring the Korean culture into her classroom. “One of the
first things we do is give our students a Korean name and
teach them how to bow to the teacher,” which is a sign of
respect and authority, Yang explained.
“The Korean language and culture has a Chinese
background, so the names we provide the students have a
specific meaning,” said Yang, explaining that “verb endings
change in Korean by gender, age, and hierarchy, so it is
really important to learn the culture.” ◆
Stage Entertainment
(see map on back cover)

Entertainment throughout the day includes a

variety of stage performances at the amphitheater
stage. Don’t miss your favorite act from last
year or choose a new favorite this year!

Event Time
Color Guard/National Anthem 10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks 10:05 a.m.
Chinese Dragon Dance 10:10 a.m.
Korean Fan Dance 10:20 a.m.
Pashtu Dance 10:30 a.m.
Chinese Tai Chi Sword Dance 10:40 a.m.
Arabic Dance 10:45 a.m.
Russian Choir 11:05 a.m.
Middle East Belly Dance 11:17 a.m.
Chinese Ribbon Dance 11:22 a.m.
Japanese Folk Dance 11:30 a.m.
German Dance and Songs 11:45 a.m.
Hindi Songs 11:55 a.m.
Serbian/Croatian Songs 12:05 p.m.
Arabic Fashion Show 12:12 p.m.
Spanish Dance 12:22 p.m.
Urdu Dance and Songs 12:40 p.m.
Korean Fan Dance 12:55 p.m.
Israeli Dance and Songs 1:05 p.m.
Indonesian Dance 1:12 p.m.
Sudanese Wedding 1:15 p.m.
Italian Songs 1:35 p.m.
Persian-Farsi Dance and Songs 1:45 p.m.
Thai Red Ant Egg Dance 2:05 p.m.
Turkish Dance and Songs 2:15 p.m.
Chinese Ethnic Dance 2:30 p.m.
Dari Dance 2:35 p.m.
Phillippine Songs 2:40 p.m.
Japanese Martial Arts 2:45 p.m.
Tibetan Dance 3:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

Language Lab
Computerized Language Learning
Building 624, 10:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Language Lab C (Ground Floor)

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 Classroom Cultural Displays Classroom
Demonstrations (see map on back cover) Technologies &
(see map on back cover) Take a look into a foreign country Mock OPI
as students and instructors display How well do you speak a
1st Session 10:00 -10:30 a.m.
arts, crafts and other items unique foreign language? Take the
2nd Session 10:30 -11:00 a.m.
to their language and culture. Oral Proficiency Interview!
3rd Session 11:00 -11:30 a.m.
4th Session 11:30 -12:00 p.m. Open from 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. From 11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
5th Session 12:00 -12:30 p.m.
6th Session 12:30 -1:00 p.m. Building 611 – Building 624 –
7th Session 1:00 -1:30 p.m. Collins Hall Pomerene Hall
8th Session 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Language & Culture Room
9th Session 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Mock OPI
Hindi 100 Language Room
10th Session 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Kurdish 101
Arabic 105
Indonesian 102
Building 610 – Hindi 107
Uzbek 104
Munakata Hall Urdu 105
Korean 109
Russian 111
Language Room Korean 112
Chinese 113
Chinese 125, 127 Chinese 114
Spanish 123, 125
Tagalog 146 Thai 116
French 127, 129
Thai 155 Tagalog 117
German 131
Japanese 117 Italian 133
Korean 102-104 Building 619 – Yankee
Uzbek 150 Samuari Exhibit Hall
Urdu 149
Japanese Cultural Display in
Hindi 147 the Auditorium
Indonesian (Bahasa) 148
Building 621 –
Building 620 –
Nakamura Hall
Nisei Hall
Language & Culture Room
Language Room
French 141-142
Arabic 132-133, 142-143
Turkish 236
Dari 105
Dari/Pashto 232-234
Pashto 106
Persian Farsi 242-243
Turkish 114
Iraqi 319
Serbian-Croatian, French 107
Egyptian 322
German, Portuguese 104
Sudanese 321-323
Spanish, Italian 108
Levantine 312-313
Russian 109
North African Countries 329
Persian Farsi Freedom Hall A&B
Arabic Names and
Calligraphy 331
Hebrew 336
Spanish 339
Italian 341
Russian 342-343

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Programs for
Educators
Building 610 –
Munakata Hall
Introduction to the Oral
Proficiency Interview:
“What would you like to know
about the OPI?”
Auditorium 11:00 -12:00 p.m.
12:00 -1:00 p.m.

Building 617 –
Aiso Library
Teaching Ideas for Educators
10:15 a.m.
Talk to Arabic language stu-
Using authentic materials to
dents, have your face painted,
teach culture
or join the crowd on stage for
11:15 a.m.
a dance. When you get tired,
Making group work effective!
take a rest at the Berlin Wall,
Ideas for how to do it right!
but watch out! It’s not a fake.
12:15 p.m. These are real pieces of the
Activities to get students up actual Berlin Wall that divided
and moving East from West for more than
28 years.
Building 611 –
Room 140
Teaching Ideas for Educators
10:15 a.m.
Blackboard online tasks to
develop listening skills
11:15 a.m.
Application of blogging in
foreign language teaching
12:15 p.m.
Using SmartBoardTM Toolkit 1
to teach vocabulary and grammar
1:15 p.m.
Scaffolding content: Ideas and
designs for scope and sequence
templates

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